Lily Pad Challenge & More

Hi Everyone:

Just wanted to share this project that I made for Valentines' Day with you. Hope you like the idea and can use it in your gift creations.

This box was made using a box from the Dollar Store, ribbons, and of course, my Hero Arts stamps. The box looked to bright with all the white showing, so I used my distress inks to tone the colour down a little. Once this was completed, I hot glued some ribbons and lace around the box to add a little touch of romance.

I then added my handmade Fimo heart shape pin to the bow.

This flower was coloured using longer strokes to give it a more of a sketchy feel.

I then stamped the Hand Drawn flower on watercolor paper and then coloured it using, STAEDTLER Triplus Fineliner pastel markers. All shading was completed with STAEDTLER Marsgraphic water colour makers. These are wonderful for shading and the tip is so big that you can use them on larger background stamps that require a big brush tip.

After flower was coloured and leaves hand cut, it was hot glued to the side of the box with a doilie behind it. The little hearts and xoxoxox were stamped from the new just release stamp set from Hero Arts - CL586 XO. I just love all the different stamps in this set, so many options. The flower just needed some black pearls added to it's center and the project was complete.

This project was made for the following challenges:

Febuary Colour Challenge! Check It Out!


Check Out All The Fun!

Don't forget my Fimo Give-away. There will be 3 winners chosen. So why not check it out for your chance to win! There are so many creative things to make using Fimo and handmade embellishments are my favorite.

Thanks for dropping bye and look forward to you visting again.

Hugs & Blessings

Dana

STAEDTLER Design Team Fimo Give-Away

Well today is the day that I wanted to share with you about the STAEDTLER Design Team Fimo Give-Away. There will be 3 opportunities for you to win here at my blog. For more chances of winning, just hop over to each STAEDTLER Design Team member in my sidebar panel and leave them some love. Better still, become one of their followers.  I will draw the 3 winners after Valentines' Day and maybe through in something else as well.

Now I am no Fimo artist by any means but I thought that I would give this a try. I looked around on You Tube and did find some great tutorials. After watching them multiple times, I gave it a go. This is what I came up with! Lol. Not the best, but not to bad for a first time hey!

This cute little mouse was made with the following colours: # 70 light Beigh - 04OA1, #9. Black - 168B1, #76 Terra Cotta - O27F0, #22 Fushia - 044A1, and #26 Deep Red - 017A1. And also Fimo Gloss Varnish was use to seal the clay. White gel pen was used to add 4U to the heart to add some more whimsy.

Fimo clay can be used to make embellishments for cards, layouts, and for gift packages. I will be sharing two more projects this week showing you how you can create your own embellishments for cards and for Valentine's Day projects.

These are the prizes that will be given away. Remember that 3 names will be drawn. Now you don't have to become a follower, but it sure would be great if you did. If you could share the picture below on your blog or your blog sidebar, it would be greatly appreciated.

This kit includes a cutter as well for making the heart shape on the package.

I don't know if you remember or not, but I made this card a while ago with a flower that was made from white clay and the cabbage flower mold was just stunning. It came from my Flickr Friend Janet and she said it came from Etsy. I just love it so much. Thanks for sharing sweetie. The possibilities are endless. Why not give it a try!

Thanks for dropping bye. Come back again for my Valentines' Day project using some Stick Pins using Fimo Clay.

Wishing You Health & Happiness

Dana

Quick Post

(Edited Version)
Hi Everyone:

Since my last post I have been dealing with a sinus & ear infection and been feeling rather terrible. So that is the reason for my disapearing act. So today I have a few things to share with you and to catch up on my posting for this month, which is going way to fast.

I have been trying to play along with my friend Barb's Challenge and finally felt up to it. I started this card about a week ago and never got to finish it until yesterday. Barb's challenges were based on her photography pictures which are beautiful by the way and her blog button was in my sidebar if you noticed it. I hope that some of you got to play along.

Join In The Fun!

My first card was based on the yellow flower picture, but later I saw that she had a picture of these beautiful yellow-red roses. I knew just what I had to do for this card creation. I feel in love with this picture immediately. Her picture is breath taking to say the least.

I was smiling from cheek to cheek because I had a Hero Arts new stamp that was a rose. So I just had to use it, but I actually stamped it and then increased the size to make this beautiful rose flower below. The sentiment is from their new release as well. The flower was coloured with STAEDTLER products and will be listed at the end of this post.

This card is being submitted to the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge.

Incy Wincy Designs: Challenge 131

Party Time Tuesdays#53

Hero Arts Monthly Challenge

My next card was made based on this beautiful picture. Isn't it amazing! 

This card was created using a digital stamp from MyGraphico and I really am happy with how it turned out. I also used STAEDTELR products here as well, but added a rustic feel with Ranger Distress Inks. My go-to products, can't create without them.

Being Submitted to the following challenges:

Simon Says: Anything Goes Challenge

The image was printed on watercolour paper and then distressed with watercolor Marsgraphic markers and distress inks. Moon/sun was added with a punched out circle die and shaded with STAEDTLER watercolor pencils and markers. 

Thank you for dropping bye today. And tomorrow there will be an exciting post! I am having a Fimo give-away, along with a special Valentine's Day project to share. Be sure to check back later tomorrow to read more about this give-away.!

Wishing You Health & Happiness

Dana

HeroArts Pearls-Blue	Etched Flowers	True Friends	BabyStarDesign
Ink Blending Tool & 2 Foams	Bazzill Cardstock	Bazzill Paper	Bazzill Earthtones
Mini Misters 3 Piece Pack	Marsgraphic Markers	STAEDTLER - karat aquarell	Blue Distress Inks
E-Z Runner Combo Permanent Adhesive	Straw Distress Ink	White Opaque Pigment Pen	STAEDTLER Pigment Liner
STAEDTLER Triplus Fineliner	STAEDTLER - ergosoft Pencils

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Voyage of Discovery!

Have you ever felt like you completely lost your mojo and have wondered where it went? Well, that was the funk that I was dealing with for the past little while it seems. Life throws some curve balls and after dealing with it all, you just seem to lose interest in the things that once brought enjoyment. Well, after playing around with stamps and a new techinque using artist's canvas I am once again excited about creating. It really is funny how something new will really bring you out of that funk that one can sometimes experience. I really had a lot of fun creating this canvas and encourage you to give it a try as well. You will be surprised at how easy it is and you can follow my tutorial from yesterday to create it!

I so love how this turned out because, I am more of a warm colors sort of gal! Now this can have even more layers of color by adding distress inks and by adding embellishments. I so love the Hero Arts Flutterbies Digi Kit and just had to use it in this project. I decided to use various sizes to focus on the depth and nearness of the butterflies and tree. This creates the impression that the tree is further away and the larger butterfly closer. The project was created using STAEDTLER Pastel Chalks, Triplus Markers, and watercolor pencils. These can be created in 4 pieces for the 4 seasons. This is a spring piece and I am working on the others to share later. I am so happy that I thought to give this new technique a try on canvas because the texture was great to work with. Why not give canvas or some other fabric covered surface a try and you will be surprised how fun it can be! I sure was and I am happy to have my mojo back again! Lol.

This is a close up shot of what the butterfly looks like and the colors that were used to bring this it to left. It was colored with Tri-plus markers first and then shaded with watercolor pencils. Highlights were added with the white watercolor pencil, which I did not add water to because I wanted to keep the highlight bright. Also, white gel pen was used to add highligts to the body of the butterfly.

Be sure to check out 2 Peas in a Bucket for all of your digital kits. Hero Arts really does have a great variety of kits there and the possibilities are endless. Remember this card, it is the same butterfly has the one above, just increased in size and colored with STADTLER watercolor crayons.

Why Not Hop Along With The Hostesses For Your Chance To Win!

Thanks so much for popping in for a visit. I greatly appreciate it. Come back tomorrow to see some of the Hero Arts stamps that I won from their previous blog hop. Why not check out their current blog hop for your chance to win some of their just released stamps. I trust that all is well in your part of this crafting world and wishing you lots of scrappy moments.

I like to leave you with the words of the sentiment used in this project." The Real Voyage of Discovery consist not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes!"  Life can give some ups and downs but it is only how you look at it! So true.

Hugs

Dana

 

Ink Blending Tool & 2 Foams	Glossy Accents	Uni Ball Signo Gel Pen	STAEDTLER Triplus Fineliner
STAEDTLER Pigment Liner	Staedtler Pastel Chalks	Cloud Stamp/Imaginisce	STAEDTLER - karat aquarell
HA Flutterbies	Cloud 9 Sentiment

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BIG NEWS TO SHARE!

Hi Everyone:
I recently mentioned that I had some BIG NEWS to share and that I would be sharing with you soon! Well today is the day that I share this with you all! I am so excited about this and really do feel that this is a answer to prayer. We all work so hard on our card & layout creations, and we all want to have our work noticed by a big company name. Well I am extremely excited to say that my big break as come and I am feeling so blessed right now! So without further ado, my news is that I am officially a member of the STAEDTLER Design Team!!! Yay!!   ................................ Read about it on our Face Book page.

Isn't this cool! STAEDTLER company is known world wide and is now making a break through within the paper crafting world. I am so excited because my STAEDTLER  water colour pencils have been one of my coloring mediums/staples since I can remember. You can see some samples of my work using these mediums here and here. To see others just scroll through my blog post because there are many. Being a part of this team is a dream come true and so exciting. It is my goal to inspire, inform and encourage you in your creative journey and to show you the endless possibilities that STAEDTLER products can provide. Make sure to come back from more inspiration using these products. 


Today I want to share this card that I made for today's announcement using Hero Arts Digital Kit from 2Peas. I love this digital kit and thought that I would use it to make a "Thinking of You" sort of card.

Close Up of Coloring.

Inside of Card.

Card Instructions:
A 5x5 piece of white cardstock was used for the card base. Then a 4x4 piece of navy polka dot patterned paper was adhered to the card front. Once this was completed, a circle was cut out of the card front thus providing a "Peek A Boo" hole to see the inside of the card. Once the circle was cut from card front, ribbon was glued around the circle opening in a pleated fashion. Colored digital image was added to lower portion of card using pop dots. For additional whimsy a cloud, a paper pieced sun and sentiment was added to the upper left corner of card. To complete the scene, cloud paper was added to the inside of the card, along with a stamped sentiment and sun. To provide texture and depth to this card, the digital image was covered in Glossy Accents and left to dry. To complete the card, hi-lights were added randomly to add a more fun feel. Voila! A fun cute Peek A Boo Card.

Check out HA Monthly Contest

I am submitting this card for the Digital Contest at Hero Arts. I am not sure if it will qualify because it doesn't fit in with their themes but it is Digital. So hopefully it will be okay. 

Lily Pad Challenge
Image curtsy of Lily Pad Blog

Simon Says Stamp Presents....A Texture Challenge

This card is also being submitted to the Lily Pad Texture Challenge. 

I so loved making this card and it was indeed my first time creating one of this nature. It was a lot of fun. 

I also want to take this time to say a Big Thank You to STAEDTLER for having me join your team of wonderful ladies and can't wait to share more projects featuring your products. To see more inspiration please check out the Design Team blogs.  They are as follows:

April Derrick: Create ART Design
Tina Guigui: Finding Your Niche
Linda Abadie: The Craft of Caring
Dawn Knight: Rubber Room
Lisa Somervillee: Splendiferious Creations
Kellie Mowat:  Make It With Me


Card Supplies:

American Craft Ribbon	Glossy Accents	Cloud Stamp/Imaginisce	HA Kiss From The Sun
HA Everyday Sayings	Sea Life - Otters	STAEDTLER - ergosoft Pencils	STAEDTLER - karat aquarell
E-Z Runner Combo Permanent Adhesive	STAEDTLER Pigment Liner	Lime Twist 6x6 Paper-MME	Little Boy Collection-Echo Park
Bazzill Cardstock

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Thanks for sharing in my Big News! 
Blessings & Hugs
Dana